SPRINGFIELD-With the aging crisis ongoing and accelerating, legislative action is required now to keep Illinois parents and grandparents-and people with disabilities-in their homes while keeping Middle Class and working families out of bankruptcy.

New legislation sponsored by Sen. Daniel Biss and Rep. Chris Welch, and backed by a range of advocacy groups, will seek to create a sustainable and universal new benefit, similar to Social Security, to ensure that aging Illinoisans don’t fall through the cracks.

With crisis comes opportunity and the new benefit offers Illinois a chance to act, instead of react, to long-term pressures.

Sen. Biss, Rep. Welch and advocates will be available to discuss the new legislation, and the issues underlying, at a press conference 10:30 a.m. TODAY, Weds., Feb. 28th, in the Capitol’s Blue Room.